Emphasis was usually put on the horizontal acceleration factor, for the simple reason that ordinary structures have a built-in safety factor for the vertical component; that is, gravity.

  • -- Charles Francis Richter 克特

通常强调水平加速度系数,原因很简单,普通结构对垂直分量有一个内置的安全系数;也就是说,重力。

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Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears.

除了一些简单的原则外,我认为英语散文的声音和节奏很重要,作家和读者都不应该太相信规则,而应该相信自己的耳朵。

A simple goodbye can make us cry. A simple joke can make us love and a simple care can make us fall in love.

一句简单的再见就能让我们哭泣。一个简单的笑话可以让我们相爱,一个简单的关心可以让我们相爱。

Some friends come into your life for a reason, others come only for a season.

有些朋友进入你的生活是有原因的,而有些朋友只是暂时的。

There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.

对于我所珍视的观点,没有什么比糟糕的论据更让我喜欢的了。